CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-14484

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The sci-mathematics/gimps package before 28.10-r1 for Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) allows local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link under /var/lib/gimps, due to an unsafe 'chown -R' command being executed.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to unauthorized access to the system, potentially leading to privilege escalation by local users.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the sci-mathematics/gimps package to version 28.10-r1 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Gentoo sci-mathematics/gimps package before 28.10-r1 for Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) allows local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link under /var/lib/gimps, because an unsafe "chown -R" command is executed.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS